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" The Oxford illustrated history of World War II / "
edited by Richard Overy
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BL
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581380
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GBB512160b410599
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| Title & Author
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The Oxford illustrated history of World War II /\ edited by Richard Overy
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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x, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (some colour), maps ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199605828 (hbk.)
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: 0199605823
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Includes bibliography (pages [455]-468) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Total war--Global war / Richard Overy -- The genesis of World War / Patricia Clavin -- The Japanese Empire at War, 1931-1945 / Steven Hugh Lee -- The Italian Wars / Nicola Labanca -- The German Wars / Richard Overy -- The West and the War at sea / Eric Grove -- The Allies from defeat to victory / Evan Mawdsley -- Fighting power: War-making and military innovation / David French -- Economies in total War / Richard Overy -- Front Line I: Armed Forces at War / Michael Snape -- Front Line II: Civilians at War / Richard Overy -- Unnatural deaths / Richard Bessel -- Brains at War: Inventions and experts / David Edgerton -- The culture of War: Ideas, arts, and propaganda / David Welch -- From World War to Cold War / Geoffrey Roberts
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| Abstract
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A team of leading historians reassesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the view-point of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible yet fascinating episodes in world history
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World War, 1939-1945
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World War, 1939-1945, Pictorial works
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54
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D743.O96 2015
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Overy, R. J.
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Illustrated history of World War II
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: Oxford illustrated history of World War Two
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: Oxford illustrated history of WW2
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: Illustrated history of World War Two
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: Illustrated history of WW2
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